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There were always going to be more SW movies. Lucas or no, there's simply too much money at stake not to. One has to wonder what's in store - I'm honestly intrigued by his original concept for 7, 8 and 9 - but 2015? They're shooting tomorrow? I don't think this will be a movie on the scale of those we've seen previously, unless I'm missing something.

The sale to Disney bugs me. I never thought Lucas would sell off his companies. I figured he'd try to keep them independent no matter what. Maybe he thinks this way they endure. Unfortunately for SW at least, it guarantees the dilution of something truly special. We will be sick of SW no doubt very quickly.

I like that Lucas will only be a creative consultant...but I should be more excited than I am right now.

I've resisted the urge to say anything about this until know as I've been mulling over the possibilities. I love love love the idea of more films. Like many, I figured this was just a matter of time, but I honestly did not think we'd get them for another 10-20 years or more. If Disney can come up with something even close to what they're doing with Marvel, then this should be an amazing ride.

However...

I'm approaching this with cautious optimism. Lucas staying on as a consultant could easily ruin this. If he has enough say in what happens, these could suck and suck big. Lucas did something amazing with the OT, but his prequels were terrible with things like trade embargos and Jar Jar. He's also stated he could care less for the fanboys out there and almost seems interested in going against their wishes. Hopefully his role is minimal, but I'd much rather have a clean break from his influence.

I also think creating something that pleases everyone is going to be really difficult. A lot of people probably want to see the core characters or at least some of them return. Some people want Hamill and Fisher and Ford back to at least transition to some new characters - others want a clean break. Some people will want them to focus on ties to the OT and what happens immediately following, while others likely want something much further in the future. Someone suggested movies that could bounce around in time, which could be cool or could be total filler. Will they map to something from the EU? Will it be entirely new? Will it conflict with what is establsihed in the EU? I hope Disney has an amazing plan for the franchise similar to what they're doing with Marvel, but who knows. Have they even confirmed a script yet? It sounds like their has already been a good deal of planning, but who knows how detailed (or how good) those plans are.

I'm excited and hopeful - I just hope they can do the franchise justice and produce something on par with the Star Wars I grew up with.

Thirded... I really don't want to see classic characters, or I want to see recast classic characters. I'm already seeing people mention the classics, and I'm sorry, but it's like Trek... Shatner & Co. are too old, at this point. Likewise, I feel the classic cast are a bit too old for a compelling film in Star Wars. You could go witha much older Luke (not that Hammil's ancient, but he's not a young man by a longshot). I couldn't handle Carrie Fisher as anything but a sex symbol at this point too...

It's not a slight from me on them as people. By all accounts, I hear nothing but good things about Hammil, Fisher, Ford (seems like a good guy to me regardless of his distancing himself from the franchise), and Billy Dee Williams was downright charming when I met him. All great people. But I don't want to see them anymore than I want to see Shatner and Nemoy trying to make another go of that franchise.

I'm in the recast or new characters camp...

And definitely NOT into a redo of the original films... People seem to be running rampant with that idea, for reasons I can't explain, around the web. I've seen nothing to indicate that is even being considered at this point, but if it is I hope they kill that idea NOW.

There's no value in the post ROTJ films honoring the EU... it's too messy and convoluted for a general audience and Lucas has never abided comics/books so why start now? My gut tells me the next trilogy will be set 20-30 years after ROTJ and will be about as disconnected from the original as the PT was - with the exception I think of your ageless characters like the droids. C-3P0 and R2 will be on hand no doubt. I do think Luke makes a lot of sense, even if Hamill is old. I would love to see him and Luke one last time.

I like the idea of a post ROTJ re-boot with all new characters, maybe Luke as the elder Headmaster of the New Jedi Academy. Not set directly afterwards, but maybe 30-40 years in the future. I'd like to see them stay away from the Thrawn/Xizor/Vong stuff and go someplace new.

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Slice you open like a tauntaun, faster than the Autobahn, Or a motorbike in Tron, do the deed and then I'm gone.

I'm mostly worried about losing the Thrawn Trilogy... It was almost perfection, and only a recast could possibly think about going to it as a movie (not that they will). ******** on the stuff YOU sanctioned to make money off of, is BS on Lucas' part and insulting to the authors you hired.

I hate a lot of it even, but I just think you try to NOT dump all over it for the sake of the fans who actually do like it. I dislike a lot of the NJO, but I don't want it all just wiped away like it never happened because someone decided to do more movies.

The Trek reboot, like you mention, is something I keep going back to mentally because it makes me feel warmer about this whole thing I guess.

I'm mostly worried about losing the Thrawn Trilogy... It was almost perfection, and only a recast could possibly think about going to it as a movie (not that they will). ******** on the stuff YOU sanctioned to make money off of, is BS on Lucas' part and insulting to the authors you hired.

Exactly. Too bad the technology we have now didn't exist 20 years ago as I would have loved a Thrawn Trilogy.

It's crazy watching twitter/facebook/internet just blowing up. For some it's the END of Star Wars, for others it's a chance at a fresh start at new movies.

I think the thing that I am most excited about is the chance to share the "OMG IT'S NEW STAR WARS" adventure with my boys. The boys have seen 1, 2, 4, 5, 6. Next Fall, they'll be 7, so I'll probably let them go see ROTS-3D in the theater. Then they get the OT 3D flicks in theaters at age 8, followed by age nine (the same age I was for ROTJ) for Episode 7. Kellan will be 5 in Summer 2015, so I may even be able to drag him along (depending on the subject/rating of the film of course ).